{NYC:} Anything Goes

The whole reason we went to New York was to see:
Anything Goes!


And I must admit, it was well worth the trip!

Anything Goes is about
a hilariously messy love triangle (square?!) upon the S.S. American.
It's sweet, it's funny
and Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell,
and Kelly Bishop were particularly wonderful.


Especially from the front row. :)

It's probably my new favorite Broadway show of all time.(Lys, no talking during pictures!)

... and after the show, we of course hung out at the Stage Door
to snag some autographs and pictures!
I've had the soundtrack on repeat ever since we got home.

The Riches of His Love

You are good, You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love, You are love
On display for all to see
You are light, You are light
When the darkness closes in
You are hope, You are hope
You have covered all my sin

You are peace, You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true, You are true
Even in my wandering
You are joy, You are joy
You're the reason that I sing
You are life, You are life,
In You death has lost its sting

Oh, I’m running to Your arms,
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

You are more, You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord, You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here, You are here
In Your presence I'm made whole
You are God, You are God
Of all else I'm letting go

Oh, I’m running to Your arms
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

My heart will sing
no other Name
Jesus, Jesus

Oh, I’m running to Your arms
I’m running to Your arms
The riches of Your love
Will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

Hillsong

Happy Easter

Beautiful Melody

This made me miss my dear friend B this morning.
May it delight your day as well.

Loving this song

Dress us up in your righteousness
Bring us in with a ring and a kiss
When you walk into the room you know we can't resist
Every bottle of perfume always ends up on the floor in a mess

You make us sparkle and you make us shine
Like the stars who sing on your chorus line
Through space and time we'll harmonize
Where deep meets deep like the ocean meets the sky

The sun and the moon
They come out of their grave just for you
The dead man and the cynical too
They're coming out of their grave
And it's just for you

Cause the love of God is stronger
The love of God is stronger
The love of God is stronger
Than the power of death

Dress us up in the blood of a son
Who opened up his veins so that we would overcome
Hell and the grave in the power of his love
After three dark days he showed us how it's done
And he still does You make us sparkle and you make us shine

Like the stars who sing on your chorus line
Through space and time we'll harmonize
Where deep meets deep like the ocean meets the sky
Yeah The sun and the moon
They come out of their grave just for you

The dead man and the cynical too
They're coming out of their grave
And it's just for you

Cause the love of God is stronger
The love of God is stronger
The love of God is stronger
Than the power of death
His love is stronger, his love is stronger, his love is stronger, his love is stronger
His love is stronger, his love is stronger, his love is stronger, his love is stronger

Dress Us Up
by John Mark McMillan

When I Search

This song rang so true in my life yesterday:

Lift my life up Lord with You
And bury all my sin
Lift my life up Lord with You
Through my weakness, I am found
You tell me I’m reborn
Lift my life up Lord with You

CHORUS:
When I search,
For You, every day
I find how whole You make me when I
Lay down all of my will,
I am found within Your love

Hear my heart that beats for You
I have no other cause
Hear my heart that beats for You
Fill my mouth with praise to You
And may your heart be mine
Hear my heart that beats for You

Something.Like.Silas

This too shall pass

Have you seen this music video?
It's rad.

... To be filled

You know that song
that's been stuck in your head?
Not the latest Ke$ha song endlessly repeating on the radio,
but the song your heart sings
whenever it has a minute to breath?

For me, it's been this song for the past year or so:

Holy fire burn away
My desire for anything
That is not of you and is of me
I want more of you
And less of me

Empty me, empty me, fill me
With you, with you

The song is simple.
Just a few lines.
But it's a powerful cry of the soul.
Of my soul.

I find myself singing it at least once or twice a day.
Sometimes humming,
sometimes singing the entire song,
still other times whispering "empty me, empty me."

The "fill me" part sounds so satisfying
so abundant and so... well, full.
But when my mind actually catches up to my heart
and I'm conscious of the "empty me, empty me" plead,
I hesitate a bit.

Am I really singing this?

It's true, I want to be emptied.
I want all of that mess that is of me
to be cleaned out.
But that hurts. That's not fun,
not necessarily satisfying or abundant.
But moreso painful and uncomfortable.

Yet that's the part that comes first.
We must be emptied to be filled.

Empty me, Lord
and fill me with You.

Betcha didn't know...

If I'm having a good hair day, I can conquer the world.
I keep at least 4 different calendars up-to-date during a given week.
I have still have sore calves because of a run I went on THREE days ago.
Something Like Silas is still my favorite band.
I'm an ESFJ according to the Keirsey Temperament test.
My entire mood can change just by walking into Michaels.
It's a regular occurrence for me to cry during a TV show or movie.
Mondays are actually one of my favorite workdays.
I want to re-decorate our house about every third day.
I keep up-to-date with my Facebook feed, like the entire thing.

Alas

That silent night was last night.

A Cider Celebration

I stole this picture off Jordanna's blog.
And I'm about to steal her story too.
Read about Cider Celebration here.

Little Letters: December Edition

Dear Husband, thank you from the bottom of my obsessed-with-Christmas heart for putting lights up, hanging our wreath, lighting the fire and always making sure to turn on our Christmasy goodness before I come home from work so I can walk into a little piece of Heaven each night.

Dear Cookie Decorating, you're the bomb.com. For a moment there, I thought you were possibly more fun than actually eating the cookies. But then I came to my senses.

Dear Cider Celebration, the hubs and I look forward to you every year. Point Loma is overflowing with musical talent. Plus, I dig the free cider.

Dear December Nights, we partake in your fantastical activities every year. A Mikovits Family tradition. Can't wait to chow down at the Prado and walk the streets of Balboa Park taking in Christmas in all its glory. Cold weather + Christmas Music + Family + Delicious Food = Magical.

Dear Sherman Girls, I'm really looking forward to baking cookies with you pretty princesses this weekend.

Dear Schanakers, is it Monday yet. Please come over and play with us. We miss your faces.

Dear Papa, it's almost your birthday. Can't wait to shower you with love.

Dear Surprise, I'm excited for you. Shh!

Dear Christmas Party at the Sarettes, three words: I can't wait. You sure know how to party.

Dear Jordan and Alana, finish up school already and get your butts out to California. It's time to spend some more quality time in the same time zone!

Dear Future of Forestry, the hubs and I can't wait for your Christmas show. Our calendars are marked. Our tickets are bought. Rock our socks off.

Dear Christmas weekend, you are going to be awe-to-the-SOME. We have family coming in from all over the place. We've got plans to spend time with them left and right. Games, food, church, snuggling, gift exchange. Can't. Wait.

Dear Paid Holidays, brilliant. Just brilliant.

Dear Little Tree in our Room, I love you. You make our bedroom glow oh-so-lovely.

Dear Living Room, you're the place to be this holiday season. You're filled with Christmas spirit, a crackling fire, twinkle lights galore and the love of my life.

Dear Baby Jesus, you're the reason for the season. The bang for my buck. The apple to my cider. The earmuffs to my freezing cold lobes. Thank you for leaving your Throne. I am ETERNALLY grateful.

Dear Jug Dish, I can't wait to exchange gifts and stockings. I think you're really going to like your gift this year.

Thankful for: Little Drummer Boy

I wandered around the craft store last night
and in the short time I was there
Little Drummer Boy played not once, but twice.
One of my favorite Christmas songs.
A special treat.

And such a fitting place to play it, I thought.

This song has been
such an encouragement and a challenge for me,
specifically since I heard Silas (now FoF) play it
a handful of years ago.

It challenges me:
to do my best
to lay my gifts before the King
to believe that my talents are worthy,
but that my worth is not in my talents
and to remember the humble beginnings of baby Jesus.

It encourages me:
to see the community gather around the drummer boy
and to know the Lord smiles upon the gifts we bring Him.

Today I'm thankful for:
The Little Drummer Boy

A Dozen Highlights in a New York Minute

1
Broadway Show

2
Measly hours of sleep on Friday night

3
Centers: World Trade Center, Financial Center, and Rockefeller Center

4
Churches: St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral,
St. Bart's Cathedral, Trinity Church

5
Parks: Battery Park, Central Park, Bryant Park,
Bowling Green and Madison Square Park

6
Squares: Union Square, Herald Square, Madison Square,
Pershing Square, Father Demo Square, and Times Square

7
Subway trains taken (and surprisingly no taxis)

8
Hundred miles walked -- at least that's what it felt like!

9
Miles biked through Central park

10
Minute foot rubs at the end of Day 3.

11
Bus rides back and forth between New Jersey and New York

12
Yummy Food Stops: Dean and Deluca, Joe's Pizza, Milk and Cookies,
Sandwiches in Central Park, Bryant Park Cafe, S'Mac,
The View, Ellen's Stardust Diner, the Food Cart, Shake Shack,
Serendipity and Dylan's Candy Bar

Pictures to come...

Chim Chimney...

So... I just got our tickets for

Mary Poppins on Broadway
and our seats are
practically-perfect-in-every-way!

Third Row Center, baby!!
Can't wait!

You're Calling Me

You're calling me to lay aside the worries of my day
to quiet down my busy mind and finding a hiding place
You are worthy!

I heard the beginning of this song,
while I was truckin' away at work today.

I paused, shut my door,
and closed my inbox for a moment.

I quieted my busy mind
and shared a moment with the Lord.

My soul needed it.
And I know He takes delight as well.

La La La

An old [boy]friend of mine is releasing his first CD next week
and I'm so proud of him.

You should buy it.
Or at least go listen to his music.

Congratulations, Nate!

The Sweetest Melody

You're calling me to lay aside the worries of my day
To quiet down my busy mind and find a hiding place

And when I do

You draw me gently to my knees
and I am lost for words
so lost in love
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered.

Mini Medals

While athletes from all over the world are in Vancouver earning giant pennies to wear around their necks, I'm counting quite a few pennies of my own this week:

spending a majority of my Tuesday listening to Silas while I worked.
enjoying a lovely weekend, though I wish it lasted longer (duh!)
getting a text message from a friend that I could totally identify with.
actually leaving the house a little early Tuesday morning.
relaxing monday and not getting home late from sewing.
getting a couple extra minutes of sleep when my alarm didn't go off two days in a row.
the Today Show in Vancouver: Olympics. Olympics. Olympics.
4-day work week. Enough said.
Snickerdoodle cupcakes.
a wonderful time at bible study.
finding a $20 bill on the bathroom floor at work.
Luke & Lor getting back together.
spending time with the hubs even with his test coming up tomorrow.
celebrating Friday with Starbucks and a pumpkin loaf.
a yummy new recipe I tried yesterday (thanks Carly!)
some good chats with my grandparents.
getting more money back from the feds than we expected.
a long-overdue phone date with my good friend.
and a relaxing friday evening coming my way!

Weekend Highlights

Drinks and fondue with Aubs at The Brig.
Craft time on Saturday and Sunday morning.
Cirque du Soleil with Jeremiah.
Walnut Pear salad at the Yard House.
The world's quickest oil change.
13 the musical. Hilarious!
Cheesecake Factory with the familia.